Evening.
Ma Hongjun sat cross-legged on his bed, practicing his cultivation, when he inexplicably felt a warmth in his lower abdomen.
"What's going on?"
"It's clearly not time yet. Why is the heat already rising?"
Ma Hongjun opened his eyes, his face full of confusion.
His Martial Soul was called the Evil Fire Phoenix, and it naturally possessed the attribute of Evil Fire.
But he thought "lustful fire" would be a more fitting name.
Because, as things stood, his teacher had only found one way to suppress the Evil Fire.
That was to find a woman and vent it.
The Evil Fire erupted on a thirty-day cycle. As long as he found a woman to cool it down beforehand, there was basically no risk of it erupting again.
And it hadn't even been half a month since he'd last found a woman.
This was clearly abnormal.
What Ma Hongjun didn't know was that the black aura between his brows was spreading throughout his body.
It was a sign that bad luck was about to strike.
The bad luck he'd accumulated over the past few days was about to erupt.
"I wonder if Teacher's back yet."
Ma Hongjun got to his feet, intending to see whether Flender had returned.
They'd only been in Nuoding City for a few days.
Flender hadn't even had the chance to take him around town to scout out the place.
Right now, he couldn't even find anywhere to vent his lust.
And the most important point was that he had no money.
So he could only go find Flender.
The instant Ma Hongjun stood up, the black aura that had spread throughout his body abruptly erupted.
The Evil Fire inside him was completely ignited as well.
Ma Hongjun's body stiffened, and his waist bent involuntarily.
His skin instantly flushed red, as though his blood were about to break free of his veins and burst out from beneath his skin.
The veins in his neck suddenly bulged, and his eyes turned scarlet in an instant.
Little Hongjun also lifted his head proudly.
Those consumed by lust often had weak wills.
The Evil Fire's eruption came too fiercely, overwhelming his reason almost instantly.
"Hungry!"
Ma Hongjun's beastlike roar sounded especially jarring in the still night.
Dai Mubai and Oscar, in the room next door, as well as Xiao Wu and Lin Chen in the room beyond that, were all jolted awake by the roar.
"It's Fatty!"
Dai Mubai rushed out of the dormitory without even bothering to put on his shoes.
Oscar hurried out of the next room right behind him.
"What's going on?"
Oscar looked at Dai Mubai, completely bewildered. He couldn't understand what had gotten into Ma Hongjun in the middle of the night.
"I don't know."
As Dai Mubai spoke, he had already charged up to Ma Hongjun's dormitory.
"Bang, bang, bang! Fatty, what happened?"
Dai Mubai pounded on the door and shouted toward the room.
Not far away,
Lin Chen and Xiao Wu opened their dormitory door and came out together.
"Hungry!"
Ma Hongjun roared again, even louder than before.
But the loud roar sounded pained.
The person making it seemed to be enduring some kind of torture.
"Damn it!"
Dai Mubai couldn't help cursing under his breath. He lifted his foot and kicked at the dormitory door.
Bang!
The door flew open, revealing Ma Hongjun curled up on the floor like a shrimp.
"Fatty!"
Dai Mubai and Oscar rushed into the room, while Lin Chen and Xiao Wu peered in from the doorway.
The instant he saw Ma Hongjun, Lin Chen understood everything.
The bad luck had erupted alongside the Evil Fire.
He'd accumulated quite a lot of bad luck. Even if it didn't kill him, he'd probably suffer terribly.
It might even drag other people into it.
Thinking this, Lin Chen turned around and headed back toward his room.
He didn't want to be caught in the disaster he'd brought down himself.
"Hey, Lin Chen, aren't you going to watch?"
Seeing Lin Chen turn and leave, Xiao Wu couldn't help asking in surprise.
Hearing a woman's voice, Ma Hongjun abruptly looked up at Xiao Wu.
"Woman, I want a woman! I want a woman..."
The instant he saw Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun scrambled to his feet, shoved Dai Mubai and Oscar aside, and lunged straight for her at the doorway.
"Fatty!"
Dai Mubai was horrified and grabbed him by the shoulder.
Ma Hongjun, his reason gone, swung a fist at Dai Mubai's face.
Bang!
Dai Mubai hadn't expected him to lash out. Caught off guard, he took the punch squarely in the face and staggered.
Oscar was about to help, but Ma Hongjun kicked him onto the bed.
Bang!
"Ugh..."
The wooden bed shattered, and Oscar lay among the wreckage, groaning.
Ma Hongjun kept lunging toward Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu had just turned around when she saw Ma Hongjun charging at her like a madman.
He was still shouting something about wanting a woman.
Her face darkened instantly, and she kicked out without hesitation.
Who would have thought Ma Hongjun wouldn't dodge? Instead, he grabbed her lower leg. Even after taking her kick squarely, he clung on and refused to let go.
"Damn it!"
Xiao Wu couldn't help cursing under her breath, then used the momentum to spring into the air.
Her other foot shot toward his temple.
Bang!
Xiao Wu kicked Ma Hongjun to the ground, but he acted as if nothing had happened.
He got back up and lunged at Xiao Wu again.
Dai Mubai charged out at that moment and pounced on Ma Hongjun.
As the only Soul Grandmaster present, with the White Tiger—a top-tier Beast Martial Soul—his strength was beyond question.
He knocked Ma Hongjun to the ground and pinned him there.
Smack!
Dai Mubai showed no mercy, slapping him hard across the face.
"Fatty, get a grip!"
Oscar came out of the room as well, limping.
Xiao Wu asked, "What's going on?"
Oscar replied helplessly, "Fatty's Martial Soul has a flaw. He has to find a woman and vent the Evil Fire regularly. Otherwise, he ends up like this."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu felt a chill crawl over her whole body.
If she hadn't had some strength, if there hadn't been other people there...
Her fate...
"Disgusting!"
Xiao Wu didn't dare stay there any longer. She turned and headed for her room.
"Hungry!"
Seeing Xiao Wu leave, Ma Hongjun let out a low roar. As he released his Martial Soul, his only Spirit Ring began to shine.
Boom!
Scorching Evil Fire spewed from his mouth, striking Dai Mubai at close range.
With the eruption in full swing, the Evil Fire's power had increased enormously, coming infinitely close to the ultimate level—a concept that didn't yet exist in this era.
"Damn it!"
Dai Mubai was horrified, but it was already too late to dodge.
The Evil Fire instantly set his clothes and hair ablaze.
At almost the same moment, the black aura between his brows erupted as well.
Boom!
The outbreak of bad luck seemed to add another log to the fire, making the Evil Fire flare up violently and engulf Dai Mubai.
"White Tiger, Possession!"
Dai Mubai could no longer worry about Ma Hongjun. He immediately tried to release his Martial Soul and dispel the Evil Fire.
Ma Hongjun, meanwhile, chased after Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu, watch out!"
Oscar wanted to help, but there was nothing he could do. He was only a support.
All he could do was call out to warn Xiao Wu.
In truth, she didn't need his warning. Xiao Wu felt the wave of heat rushing toward her from behind at once and reacted immediately.
She pushed off the railing, performed a backflip, and landed behind Ma Hongjun.
Then she kicked him squarely in the back of the chest.
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